Which of the following sentences use the articles correctly?
(A) Grandpa taught me to play the tabla when I was seven.
(B) Doctors say that the milk builds strong bones.
(C) Pooja hopes to become a dentist one day.
(D) We moved into this flat last year.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (C) and (D) only
(A) Grandpa taught me to play the tabla when I was seven. — Correct.
- “The” comes before a musical instrument after the verb “play”.
- The tabla is a musical instrument, so “play the tabla” is right.
(B) Doctors say that the milk builds strong bones. — Incorrect.
- A noun that cannot be counted, such as milk or water, takes no article when it is meant in general.
- The doctors mean all milk, not some milk in a particular glass.
- Correct form: Doctors say that milk builds strong bones.
(C) Pooja hopes to become a dentist one day. — Correct.
- “A” or “an” comes before the name of a job after “become”.
- “Dentist” begins with a consonant sound, so “a” is right.
(D) We moved into this flat last year. — Correct.
- No article is used with “last” or “next” before a time word such as week, month or year.
- “Last year” has no article, so the sentence is right.